Play The KPFA Local Station Candidate Debates On the Air! Youtube Won't Do

KPFA local station board candidates and others spoke and sang about the need for KPFA to play the 2021 election candidate debates on the air which is required by the bylaws. They also talked about the failure of management and the "KPFA Protectors" group to do their jobs including evaluating shows and the board also evaluating the manager. During the press conference KPFA business manager Maria Negret came out and put a sign up saying that if they wanted to hear the debates they should go to youtube. She also blamed the national election supervisor Renee Asteria-Peñaloza for preventing the debates from being on the air.
Candidates at the press conference also discussed the needs for KPFA to have more community programming and opposition to the unilateral cancelling of programming without any evaluations or collaboration with the Local Station Board. Their slate Rescue Pacifica calls for a program council to be re-established to allow new programming and do the evaluations of programs which is not being done by the present station management.
This press conference took place on 8/17/21 and voting started on 8/16/21 without the members having had the opportunity to hear the candidates before they voted.

Additional Media:
Article Four, Delegates, Section 6: Fair Campaign Provisions
"All candidates for election as a Listener-Sponsor Delegate shall be given equal opportunity for equal air time,
which air time shall include time for a statement by the candidate and a question and answer period with
call-in listeners." (complete text at: https://www.pacifica.org/kewg.org/bylaws/art4sec6.html)

KPFA Business Maria Negret Report To Staff On Failure to Pay Property Taxes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AhKXQZPFLk&t=322s
KPFA Bylaw Referendum Debate July 2, 2021
https://kpfa.org/archives/2021/7/2/

KPFA Pacifica Local Station Board/Public Discuss On Financial Crisis, Bankruptcy & Governance
https://youtu.be/WsN9lZPQrJs

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https://rescuepacifica.net
https://pacificafightback.org

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